Bereshit

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Pronunciations

Bereshis (beh-RAY-shihs) listen
Bereshit (bay-ray-SHEET) listen
Bereishit (bray-SHEET) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "My brother is learning Bereshit in his chumash class."

  • "During our last week of dress rehearsals, the director made us start the play over again from Bereishis every time we had a major flub."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • בראשית 'lit. in the beginning'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      B'reshit, B'reyshis, Bereishis, Bereishit, Breishit, B'reishit, Bereshit, Breshit, Breishis, B'reishis, Bereshis, Breshis, B'reshis, Beraishis, Berayshis, Bereyshis, Bereishis, Beraishis, Berayshis, Bereyshis, Bereishis, Breisheet, Breishees

Notes

  • Can also be used informally to mean "[from] the beginning" in general, not only in reading the Pentateuch.

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